On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 17:41, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Saturday 04 October 2003 08:33 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > > >>> whack > > > Incidentally, I just know at some stage we are going to have the > > arguement for patenting code thrown at us because they will say the > > Americans allow it. Is that really true, or is that just throwing sand > > in the works ? > > John: > Several years ago, the esteemed United States Patent Office issued a patent to > a 7 year old for swinging side-to-side on a child's swing (as opposed to the > normal back-and-forth mode). When I told Will about it (Will is my 3 year old > grandson), he wanted to file two separate patents: Swinging cattywampus, and > swinging in circles. Both applications would include (1) standard flat board > on two rope swings, (2) sling from two rope swings, and (3) tire from a > single rope swings. > > -- cmg > Basically a patent is just a license to sue, unfortunately the bastards have > both the money AND the Lawyers. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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